The coolest places to hangout in 2007

The coolest places to hangout in 2007

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Socialite Amy Sacco

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The Zetter, Clerkenwell Road

The coolest places in London to be seen at next year are revealed today.

They range from St Alban, the latest restaurant from the duo behind The Ivy and The Wolseley, to Bungalow 8 London, the night spot due to be opened by Amy Sacco, New York's "queen of clubs".

The Bazaar Going Out Guide, published tomorrow, lists the best clubs, restaurants and hotels in the capital.

Nightclubs Boujis in South Kensington and Aura in Mayfair will be given a run for their money with the arrival of socialite Sacco, 38, whose new venue will open at the St Martin's Lane Hotel in February.

Famous friends of Sacco including Scarlett Johansson and Paris Hilton are expected to become regulars.

When it comes to restaurants, the guide anticipates that St Alban in Lower Regent Street, the new venture of Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, will be very popular.

Other new venues expected to prove irresistible include Australian Will Ricker's new pan-Asian restaurant XO in Belsize Lane, the new restaurant at the Langham hotel in Portland Place and Hakkasan restaurateur Alan Yau's latest venture Cha Cha No Hana in St James's Street, named after a Japanese wildflower.

Old favourites set to make a comeback include Piccadilly emporium Fortnum & Mason, which will have four new restaurants and a wine bar designed by David Collins as part of a £24 million celebration of its 300th anniversary, and Mayfair restaurant Scott's, which has been closed for two years for refurbishment.

At Proud, part of the Proud Gallery, and the Roundhouse Café , both in Camden, also get a mention in the guide.

Among hotels, it singles out the Haymarket in Knightsbridge, which will open in February after the transformation of the John Nash building by Tim and Kit Kemp.

The guide also designates the five best areas to shop: Notting Hill, Chelsea, Bond Street, Primrose Hill and Marylebone.

Lucy Yeomans, editor of Harpers Bazaar, which is publishing the guide, said: "Going out now is increasingly about ensuring every element of the experience is just right, from the pre- theatre champagne in a rooftop bar to a restaurant for a light post-show bite and then maybe a jazz club."

The Bazaar Going Out Guide, with Moët & Chandon, is free with the new issue of Harpers Bazaar, out tomorrow.